Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-18
MA'oNs ABROAD.
CALsF0RAIANS AND HAWAIIANS
BANQUETING TOGETHER.
Speeches of Good-fellowship and
Fraternal Greeting from Grand
Master, King and Brethren.


The Pacific Commercial Adrertisea, Hon
olulu, II. L, has lengthy account of a
banquet given there in honor of the visit
ing members of the Masonic fraternity
and their friends from California, on
June ID
Last evening Grand Master E. c. At
kinson and the visiting Masons were en-
tertained at banquet at the Royal Ha-
waiian Hotel, by Hawaiian Lodge, No. 81,
+. and A. NJ, aud Lodge LIE Progress de
POceanie. At o'clock the Grand Master
held a reception in the parlors His
Majesty the King, attended by his Excel
lency Antoine Rosa, Vice Chamberlain, ar
rived at the hotel about 9 o'clock, and a
| few minutes later the company marched
into the dining hall. Covers had been
laid for one hundred and fifty. At the
upper end of the hall wa device bearing
the words, Welcome GRAND Master"
and one at the lower end, which read:
"Welcome, Visiting Brethren" The let
| tiers were made of evergreens on a white
ground. The menu-'sas an excellent one,
and reflected great credit on the hotel
manager, w S. Bartlett. The tables were
covered with fragrant flowers. On the
table in front of the Chairman was block
of lava, the top of which was covered with
roses. The Royal Hawaiian band was
stationed in the pavilion, and discoursed
an excellent programme of music during
the evening. j. NJ. Monsarrat, w. NJ
presided; on his right sat his Majesty the
King, and on the left, Grand Master At
kinson. Beside the visiting brethren there
was also present full representation of
Masons from Hawaiian Lodge and Lodge
lie Progress.
AT 10 o'clock, full justice having been
done to the liberal board, w NJ. Monsar-
rat, rising, said:
q Your Hqjesty and Brethren: We have
come here this evening to do honor to a
most distinguished guest, the Most Wor-
shipful Edmund C. Atkinson, Grand
Master of the Masons of California, and
also to do honor to the visiting brethren
OF the Masonic excursion who accompany
him. The members of Lodge LIE Progress
and the Hawaiian Lodge unite with me
Ill extending to you fraternal greeting.
Although Masonry has hourished in this
kingdom during the last thirty seven years
or Whereabouts, this is the first occasion in
our history upon which the craft have had
the honor of receivinga visit froma Grand
Master. We deeply appreciate that
honor, and | am sure that the members
of Hawaiian Lodge and Lodge LIE Progress
and the other Masons present here this
evening will unite with me in extending
| to you a cordial welcome We are proud
to be able to entertain you. Your Majesty
and brethren ! give you the health of the
Most Worshipful Grand Master, and will
call upon him to respond to the sentiment,
Free Masonry and the Grand Lodge of
California;
Amid loud applause the brethren sprang
to their feet and honored the toast with
| the utmost enthusiasm.
w. G. NJ, +. C. Atkinson, in respond
| ing, remarked that it was said there was a
time in the life of every man when his
t heart swelled with emotion which the
/ tongue cannot express. Full well did he
know the depth of that saying, for he
recognized that that time with him was the
present. When he took into consideration
all the circumstances attending the visit
to these islands, when he recalled the
efforts Of the officers of the good ship Aus
| tralia to minister to the comfort of the
party, when he remembered the magnifi-
cent reception accorded by the local
brethren to him and those by whom he was
accompanied, when he surveyed the mag
nificence of the scene before him, in the
poverty of his language he must fail to
express the sentiments he felt. But he
thought they coald we'll understand the
feelings of grateful heart. Great was
the pleasure which he, and doubt
less all, felt at their meeting to-
gether as brethren of the mystic
tie, and as members of that ancient
and honorable Order which had existed
from time mmemorial-honorable as
tending to make all men who strictly adj
hered to its principles the better for the
union. Away back at the dawn of his
tory there was brotherhood of builders,
both operative and speculative masons.
That brotherhood, in the course of ages,
had gradually extended its benign influ-
ence. The great military road from Rome
to Capua and Tarpeian Way were among
their physical achievements. In the ex-
cavations which had revealed to modern
eyes the structures of early Rome the
symbols of Masonry were found. Traces
were found alike upon the sunny slopes of
France and Italy aud the snowy steppes of
! iNhooist- A7slll OtLltlo lilSlt were upon the
banks of the Rhine, the Seine and the
Thames. Its principles received recogni-
ton at the coronation of English Kings in
every century. That stupendOus editice,
the cathedral at Strasburg, was a monu-
ment of Masonry. But however great and
however imposing were the monuments
raised under its auspices, they, like
their builders, must eventually be
IL II
standing this, when the last trace of their
handiwork had passed away the elevating
principles of Masonry would still survive
| in all their strength to guide, protect and
bless mankind. To perpetuate those in
huences and spread those principles which
! the ancient brothers had wrought, was the
work of the Grand Lodge Of California,
and he, with all the strength that in him
lay, would work for the good of the an
Gent fraternity and for the welfare of
mankind Once more referring to the re-
] ception, he would never while he lived
forget the hospitality extended to the ex-
cursion party, nor the sensations which
| came over HIM upon rounding Diamond
Head. The scene presented by this beau
| tiful garden facing the sea would live in
his memory. Again reyerting TO Masonry,
he alluded TO the fact that monarehs had
not thought it derogatory to their dignity
| to cast in their lot with the brethren. OF
this there was a worthy example present.
In conclusion he gave the sentiment,
Long Life and Prosperity to His Majesty
the King"
The speech, which was frequently in
! terrupted by applause, was greeted at the
conclusion with deafening outburst as
the brethren rose to honor the toast.
TIE KINGS SPEECH.
His Majesty in responding said:
"HorshipfM Master, Brethren AID Gentle
men: Allow me TO thank you for the kind
and cordial manner in which you have
drunk my health, and for the kindly spirit
which you have manifested | am sure
that this occasion has established between
Us more friendly relations than previously
existed. The occasion must Of necessity
be a very pleasant one when we receive
such men as the Grand Master and broth